Hyphenation of portly

Wondering how to hyphenate the English word portly? This word can be hyphenated and contains 2 syllables as shown below.

port-ly

Definitions of portly:

1.	Euphemisms for `fat' Men are portly and women are stout

Synonyms of portly:

adj	stout, fat

Last hyphenations of this language

polyvinyl poniard deify flathead bronchopneumonia Breughel mucositis Mullins stargaze pubis unisexuality meshes overscepticalness undesirable Melville unsaturation diplochlamydeous ecocide stoner

Hyphenator

The hyphen is a punctuation mark used to join words and to separate syllables of a single word. The use of hyphens is called hyphenation. The hyphen should not be confused with dashes, which are longer and have different uses, or with the minus sign, which is also longer in some contexts. Some words can be hyphenated in different places and you can use this website to find out where. Also reffered to as syllable counter and divider.